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The Conversation Africa, 8 March 2023
Tunisia's president Kais Saied recently called for urgent measures against illegal immigration of sub-Saharan African nationals. He said they were a source of "violence, crime and… Read more »
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Tunisia: Outcry Over Xenophobic Remarks Forces President Saied to Denounce Racism
allAfrica, 6 March 2023
Tunisia's President Kais Saied has denounced racism barely 10 days after declaring a crackdown on illegal immigration and using language the African Union deemed to be… Read more »
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Tunisia: Saied Denies Racism Charge As Ivorians Repatriated, Students Study Online
RFI, 6 March 2023
Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed has rejected accusations of racism and pointed to possible legal action for perpetrators of racial attacks, 10 days after announcing a… Read more »
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Tunisia: Unionists Rally Against President Saied
DW, 4 March 2023
In one of the biggest protests against President Kais Saied the UGTT labor union urged him to accept "dialogue." The union also slammed the president's "violent discourse." Read more »
Outcry Over Xenophobia Forces Tunisia's Saied to Denounce Racism
Tunisia's President Kais Saied has denounced racism barely 10 days after declaring a crackdown on illegal immigration and using language the African Union deemed to be "racialized hate speech". During a statement on February 21, 2023, Saied called for the expulsion of all illegal immigrants, describing migration as a plot to alter Tunisia's demographics so that it becomes more African and less Arab. Saied's remarks have sparked an uproar. Hundreds protested in Tunis on February 25.
Saied's speech was the most recent in a string of attacks on democratic norms. He took power in 2019 and has been on a power grab ever since, sacking the government, freezing then dissolving parliament, and pushing through a new constitution granting him nearly unlimited powers.
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Sub-Saharan African migrants are leaving Tunisia amid an increase in racist attacks, Voice of America reports. This follows controversial comments by the country's p Read more »
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Tunisia has approved a new constitution granting sweeping powers to the office of President Kais Saied. RFI reports that voters overwhelmingly backed the document, but less t Read more »
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President Kais Saied dissolved the country's Supreme Judicial Council on February 6, 2022. He said the body that deals with judicial independence has "become a thing of the past," ... Read more »
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Opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied have slammed his decision to extend the suspension of parliament, accusing him of dealing another blow to democratic process.
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